Wittman, Milton

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Irelan Knee
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Work Education

Milton Wittman (1915–1994) was a social worker, writer, and leader in social work, public health, and mental health. He played a key role in the expansion of opportunities for social work education and for the involvement of social workers in the provision of mental health services.

Third-Party Vendorship: An Imperative for the 1980s

1982 ◽  
Vol 63 (7) ◽  
pp. 402-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara J. Meddin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Clinical Social Work ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Clinical Social Workers ◽  
Work Education

The question of third-party vendor status for clinical social workers raises important issues about equal client access to mental health services and about the continued viability of the clinical social work profession. Answers to the problem lie in clinical social work education and licensing of practice.

scholarly journals Correlates of perceptions of elder’s suffering from depression

10.18060/119 ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael N. Kane ◽  
Debra Lacey ◽  
Diane Green
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Predictor Variables ◽  
Oppressed Group ◽  
Work Education

The study investigated social work students’ perceptions of elders as depressed and suffering (N= 156). Four predictor variables were identified from a standard regression analysis that account for 32% of the model’s adjusted variance: (a) perceptions of elders as vulnerable, (b) perceptions about elders as oppressed. Overall, respondents perceived elders as being depressed, vulnerable, members of an oppressed group, abusive of substances, and only moderately resilient in response to mental health services. Implications are discussed for social work education.

Social Workers in Child Mental Health: Securing a Future

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 102-107
Author(s):  
Philip Messent
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Child Mental Health ◽  
Adolescent Mental Health ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
The Uk

A study was conducted to investigate reductions in the numbers of social work posts located within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in the UK. Results suggested that reductions in posts noted in earlier studies are continuing. Interviewees' ideas about factors contributing to the survival of such posts are summarised. The significance of the loss of posts is discussed, with an account of changing ideas about the role of social workers within CAMHS teams, and of an audit undertaken of one service lacking such a post. Conclusions are drawn concerning ways of ensuring the preservation of such posts.

‘Maybe a Maverick, Maybe a Parent, but Definitely Not an Honorary Nurse’: Social Worker Perspectives on the Role and Nature of Social Work in Mental Health Care

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Tucker ◽  
Martin Webber
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Geographical Area ◽  
Health Service Delivery ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Uk

Abstract In many places in the UK, social work is integral to mental health service delivery. Significant role erosion, however, has left the profession unclear about where it fits within modern mental health services. The 2016 Social Work for Better Mental Health initiative outlines five key mental health roles and has been adopted into national policy in England to combat this uncertainty, but the influence of this has not been explored. This study aimed to develop an understanding of how mental health social workers perceive and explain their role. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with seven social workers based within one English National Health Service mental health trust covering a large geographical area and their responses analysed using Ritchie, Spencer and O’Connor’s Framework thematic model. Findings indicated that social workers only superficially engaged with the aspirational policy roles, instead presenting their own framework for what makes mental health social work distinctive. This was constructed around the context and intentions of practice, rather than around proscribed tasks and responsibilities. This study has significance for individual social workers and for organisations providing and planning mental health services in the UK and beyond, given the influence that practitioner perceptions can have on how they undertake their roles.

scholarly journals Clinical Administration

1986 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 226-230
Author(s):  
J. W. Affleck
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Work ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
National Health ◽  
Historical Perspective

In times of pessimism when psychiatry is described as in decline, subject to public scepticism with the psychiatrist's role threatened by social workers, psychologists and community nurses, one's immediate reaction is to adopt a historical perspective. The advances achieved during the last 50 years which I recall are so impressive that it seems reasonable to see current legal and bureaucratic problems as resembling a ditch rather than a precipice! These advances have occurred in spite of adverse administrative situations. It is important to remember that in spite of its merits the National Health Service was not conceived with Mental Health Services in mind—nor were Social Work Services.

scholarly journals Social work education and training in mental health, addictions and suicide: a scoping review protocol

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. e024659 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toula Kourgiantakis ◽  
Karen Sewell ◽  
Sandra McNeil ◽  
Judith Logan ◽  
Eunjung Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
Work Education ◽  
And Training

IntroductionSocial workers are among the largest group of professionals in the mental health workforce and play a key role in the assessment of mental health, addictions and suicide. Most social workers provide services to individuals with mental health concerns, yet there are gaps in research on social work education and training programmes. The objective of this scoping review is to examine literature on social work education and training in mental health, addictions and suicide.Methods and analysisUsing a scoping review framework developed by Arksey and O’Malley, we will search for literature through seven academic databases: PsycINFO, Sociological Abstracts, CINAHL Plus, Social Sciences Abstracts, Education Source, ERIC and Social Work Abstracts. Two independent reviewers will screen articles utilising a two-stage process. Titles and abstracts will be reviewed in the first stage and full texts will be reviewed in the second stage. Selected articles that meet inclusion criteria will be charted to extract key themes and they will be analysed using a qualitative thematic analysis approach.Ethics and disseminationThis review will fill a knowledge gap in social work education and training in mental health, addictions and suicide. Ethics approval is not required for this scoping review. Through dissemination in publications and relevant conferences, the results may guide future research and education in social work.

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